Self-Identify
What is self-identity?
According to your textbook, self-esteem begins with these 2 things
What are parental love and approval ?
What is the self-concept?
Jack believes that all women are illogical and should not be allowed in the workplace. His beliefs about women are examples of
What is prejudice?
Marcia identified this many identity statuses
What is 4?
Affectionate, accepting, involved, and democratic parents are most likely to produce children with this level of self-esteem
What is high self-esteem?
In psychology, this law states that behaviors followed by positive outcomes are strengthened and that behaviors followed by negative outcomes are weakened.
The part of the self that consists of your observable features such as height, weight, hair color, etc., is the called this
What is the physical self?
A mismatching of self-perceptions is called this...
What is self-discrepancy?
According to Marcia, it is possible to classify the identity status of the individual according to the presence of these 2 things
What is crisis and commitment?
Self esteem tends to do this throughout much of adulthood
It declines sharply in the elderly.
What is rise?
These give rise to personal goals and tend to place limits on the means used to obtain those goals
What are values?
The process by which we form understandings of others in our social environment, based on how others act and information we receive is called this
The identity status that describes individuals who have resolved an identity crisis and committed to a relatively stable set of beliefs or course of action is called
What is identity achievement ?
The largest gender differences in self-esteem have been found for people in this age range
Individuals’ early self-concept is shaped significantly by the feedback they get from these people
Who are their parents?
Terrance tends to act on whims. He has no stable set of beliefs, no coherent plans for his future, and is not attempting to develop any.
He just sort of “lives for the moment.” He is best described as having an identity status of ...
What is identity diffusion ?
What is identity foreclosure?
1. Grandiose sense of self-importance
2. Preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success
3. Believes that he or she is "special" and unique
4. Has a sense of entitlement
5. Lacks empathy: is unwilling [or, I would add, unable] to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
6. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
7. Shows arrogant, haughty [rude and abusive] behaviors or attitudes
This comes down to how you see yourself in the present moment
This part of the self-concept is not necessarily based on reality
Mary is confused. She is intensely examining various alternatives on issues that are important to her and her future. Should she get married or not, go to graduate school or get a full-time job, or become active in the local environmental group? She is best described as having an identity status of this
What is identity moratorium ?